Comparison

Pop Shapes vs Earwig Parent

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pop Shapes

This app provides a simple, engaging experience for young children to interact with colorful shapes that pop and make sounds. It's designed to be frustration-free, with no game over screens or disruptive ads, allowing for continuous play and exploration of fun visual and auditory rewards.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape popping
  • Rewarding animations and sounds
  • No game over or losing
  • Ad-free experience
  • Simple, intuitive gameplay
  • Unlock special events through sequences
Features
Read full description

I made this app so my six month old baby daughter could slap the screen with her tiny hands and make colorful bubbles jingle and pop. She loved it, and it turned out to be a lot of fun for kids and grown ups too! Other baby games I looked at all had the same flaw: One wrong touch and the fun stops! Game over, settings screen, or a banner ad banishes you to some webpage until Dad grabs the phone and fixes it. In NovaTime, the fun doesn't stop: • Every touch is rewarded with animation and sound. • You can't lose - no "Game Over", ever. • No settings - open the app and it plays. • No ads - no banners, no popups. You don't have to understand anything to play. Just start popping shapes! One at a time, or drag your fingers all over to pop everything at once. Popping shapes in sequence can make all kinds of fun and special things happen. For example, pop three in a row of the same color to change the whole screen! Experiment with different sequences to unlock all kinds of events. Supervised play only. This app is not a babysitter, and it's never safe to leave your baby alone with your phone. Have fun!

About

Earwig Parent

This app offers parents a secure portal to view their child's school records and uploaded media. Schools can allow parents to contribute images and documents, enriching the child's educational timeline.

Highlights
  • Secure parent login
  • Child's school record access
  • View tagged images and media
  • Upload images, documents, videos
  • Growing educational timeline
Read full description

The Earwig Parent app provides parents with a secure login and free, ever-growing record of their child’s school life. Parents can see the Earwig records and images that have been tagged explicitly to their child in the school database. Parents are not charged for limited access to Earwig records or timelines via the Earwig website.   Any school has the option to allow parents to upload images, documents, or videos into Earwig Parent. This then becomes part of the school's records for the relevant student. By uploading images to Earwig, each parent is giving the school and EARL an ongoing license to use the image for any relevant educational purpose.

Screenshots

Pop Shapes4 screens
Earwig Parent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pop Shapes at every 4 months against Earwig Parent's every 8 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pop Shapes ships an update every 4 months, Earwig Parent every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pop Shapes versus Earwig Parent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPop ShapesEarwig Parent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRobert TempchinTechseria

Customer experience

Pop Shapes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Earwig Parent

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pop Shapes

No in-app purchases

None

Earwig Parent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pop Shapes free?
Pop Shapes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Earwig Parent free?
Earwig Parent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pop Shapes or Earwig Parent have ads?
Neither Pop Shapes nor Earwig Parent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pop Shapes or Earwig Parent?
Pop Shapes ships an update every 4 months, and Earwig Parent every 8 months. Most recently, Pop Shapes was updated on October 23, 2026 and Earwig Parent on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons